Better skyline Houston or Dallas? (San Antonio, Austin: history, leash, countries)

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Exactly, it was once a bank building before it became residential.

Houston's Huntingon has always been a luxury residential high rise since it was completed back in 1984.

But once it was converted into all residential, it took that title from the Huntington.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

But once it was converted into all residential, it took that title from the Huntington.

Pound per pound Houston has the tallest residentials in Texas.

Austin may have 1 or 2 of the tallest & Dallas may have 1 or 2 of the tallest, but when you average out the rest Houston still comes out on top.

The Huntingdon - 503'

One Park Place - 501'

Four Leaf Towers I & II - 444'

The Spires - 427'

2727 Kirby - 405'

The Mercer - 400'

The Parklane - 390'

The Royalton at River Oaks - 361'

The Warwick Towers - 361'

1200 Post Oak - 358'

Dominion Post Oak - 351'

The Mark - 335'

Montebello - 330'

I know I'm missing many others in the 300 ft. range.

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Pound per pound Houston has the tallest residentials in Texas.

Austin may have 1 or 2 of the tallest & Dallas may have 1 or 2 of the tallest, but when you average out the rest Houston still wins.

Average height means nothing. The real number you are looking for is median.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

Average height means nothing. The real number you are looking for is median.

Ok, so Houston's median would be 400 ft.

Austin & Dallas closer to 300 ft. or less.

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Ok, so Houston's median would be 400 ft.

No, to do a median, you would need data on every residential building within a comparable radius. That means every residential building from one story, to the tallest residential in the area. You can't just pick a few of the tallest and conclude that the median height for residential buildings in Houston is 400ft.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

No, to do a median, you would need data on every residential building within a comparable radius. That means every residential building from one story, to the tallest residential in the area. You can't just pick a few of the tallest and conclude that the median height for residential buildings in Houston is 400ft.

Oh...completely forgot the 386 ft. Endeavour at Clear Lake & twin 383 footers at Galveston Island.

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Oh...completely forgot the 386 ft. Endeavour at Clear Lake & twin 383 footers at Galveston Island.

Your don't understand. You would need ALL of the heights of every single residential building of every size in a given area to be able to take a real median. That's anywhere from many thousands to several hundreds of thousands depending on what the area is. Unless you have that, you can't come to a real, legitimate conclusion as to what the median height of residential building in Houston is.

[dv1033]

Originally Posted by Austinite101

Your don't understand. You would need ALL of the heights of every single residential building of every size in a given area to be able to take a real median. That's anywhere from many thousands to several hundreds of thousands depending on what the area is. Unless you have that, you can't come to a real, legitimate conclusion as to what the median height of residential building in Houston is.

Meh, it's pretty obvious Houston's residential and office buildings are overall tallest in the state. No need for elaborate calculations.

Austin has been very impressive lately with it's building boom.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by dv1033

Meh, it's pretty obvious Houston's residential and office buildings are overall tallest in the state. No need for elaborate calculations.

Austin has been very impressive lately with it's building boom.

Houston has the 3rd TALLEST US skyline after NYC & Chicago.

Don't get me wrong, Dallas has some quality buildings & decent density, but the height of its overall skyline/s can't hang with Houston. A more fair comparison to Dallas would be Atlanta.

Houston is better suited being compared to the likes of Los Angeles.

[Austinite101]

Originally Posted by dv1033

Meh, it's pretty obvious Houston's residential and office buildings are overall tallest in the state. No need for elaborate calculations.

Austin has been very impressive lately with it's building boom.

But we aren't talking about office buildings. Just residential. And no, you do need to calculate this in order to be able to make that claim. Otherwise, it becomes just your subjective input, not fact.